[__MatrixMan__]

I think of this trend every time I try to connect my bluetooth headphones to a third device. They'll tolerate two just fine but if you want a third you have to puzzle out which other two they're connected to, go find one of them and disable bluetooth on it. Then you can power cycle the headphones and your third device will now be your second.

I want some kind of magical piece of string which I can touch to both devices as a way of saying:

"you two, communicate now"

And then later, to break the spell, I'll just touch the ends of that string together.

I don't want to have to dig through settings, I want to manipulate physical objects around me.

[ianburrell]

What would make sense is tapping the devices together, and using NFC to pair them. The hard part would be figuring which parts of devices to tap together so it would probably be more like rubbing them together to find sweet spot. Also, it needs to be seamless and automatic, not involve downloading any apps.

[Dwedit]

What we really need is a device switcher on the headphones. Something like a simple 4-position switch, to pair with device A, B, C, or D.